35th anniversary of the conflict

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Falkland Islands Memorial Chapel: Annual Service 2017

Every year a service of remembrance and thanksgiving is held at the Falkland Islands Memorial Chapel at Pangbourne Collage on the Sunday nearest to the liberation of the Falkland Islands on 14 June 1982 to commemorate the 255 British service personnel and 3 Falkland Islands civilians who died during the 1982 conflict. The service in 2017 (the 35th anniversary of the conflict) will be held on Sunday, 11 June 2017. Those wishing to attend should contact the secretary to the Trustees, Mrs Angela Perry, on e-mail: [e-mail]

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The Falklands War ended this day 1982.



The Falklands War was a 1982 war between Argentina and the United Kingdom that resulted from a dispute over the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. It began on Friday 2 April 1982 when Argentine forces invaded and occupied the Falkland Islands and South Georgia. The British government dispatched a naval task force to retake the islands, with the resulting conflict ending with the Argentine surrender on 14 June 1982. During the conflict, 649 Argentine military personnel, 255 British military personnel and 3 Falkland Islanders died.